Posts by: Kara Elam

Kara Elam

Kara Elam is currently working on her Doctorate in Health Policy. She holds Master Degrees in both epidemiology and microbiology. Her research interests include emerging viral diseases, the intersection of human rights and intellectual property rights, and ending violence against women.

June 26, 2015November 6, 2015

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America Leads Study to Address Gaps in Knowledge, Research and Data on Food Allergies

Asthma, News

This week, the first ever meeting of the Committee on Food Allergies, a collaborative effort between the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) and the Institutes of Medicine (IOM) ... Read more

June 10, 2015November 5, 2015

Baylor Researchers Find That Autophagy Protects Against Lung Inflammation and Pulmonary Fibrosis

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, News

Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) recently released study results suggesting that autophagy, a critical immune system component, is necessary to protect against lung inflammation and fibrosis, even in the ... Read more

June 1, 2015November 5, 2015

Researchers Take Bold Steps Toward Engineering New Lungs For Translplant

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, News

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Arizona State University’s (ASU) Biodesign Institute, have recently released results from a study that may have important implications for the future of the science ... Read more

May 22, 2015November 5, 2015

Research Findings Show That Veracyte’s Molecular Classifier Improves Non-Surgical IPF Diagnosis Using Bronchoscopy Samples

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, News

This week at the American Thoracic Society 2015 International Conference in Denver, Veracyte, Inc., a diagnostic company based in San Francisco, presented preliminary data showing that the company’s molecular classifier ... Read more

May 20, 2015November 5, 2015

Celsion’s Novel TheraSilence Technology Yields Positive Outcomes in Treating PH

News, Pulmonary Hypertension

This week, New Jersey based biopharmaceutical company Celsion, whose mission is the development of innovative, targeted therapies that address unmet medical needs in oncology, announced the publication of the abstract ... Read more

May 5, 2015November 5, 2015

Researchers Find Potential Treatments for Toxoplasma Associated With Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic Fibrosis, News

A collaborative team of international researchers led by the University of Salford (US) in the UK have shown that there is a link between an incorrectly functioning cellular pumping mechanism in ... Read more

April 27, 2015November 6, 2015

Researchers Show That Lansoprazole Could Worsen Asthma Control in Children With Poor Metabolizer Phenotype

Asthma, News

Results from a recently released study show that children who are considered clinically to be poor metabolizers of the enzyme CYP2C19 have lowered asthma control after six months of lansoprazole ... Read more

April 24, 2015November 5, 2015

Study Shows that IBC’s Afflovest Improves Pulmonary Function in CF Patients

Cystic Fibrosis

This week, findings from an important study in the field of Cystic Fibrosis (CF) research showed that AffloVest, a second generation air bladder vest, manufactured by International Biophysics Corporation, headquartered ... Read more

April 13, 2015October 28, 2015

Surgical Option For Patients with Lung Carcinoid Tumors Could Increase Survival Time

Lung Cancer, News

A research team from City of Hope Medical Center in Duarte, California led by Dr. Dan J Raz, MD, an Assistant Professor in the Division of Thoracic Surgery and Co-director ... Read more

April 6, 2015November 5, 2015

Newly Discovered Molecular Mechanism May Be Cause of Pulmonary Hypertension

News, Pulmonary Hypertension

Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital recently released findings from a study in which they have potentially uncovered the physiological mechanism leading to the development of Pulmonary Hypertension (PH). The ... Read more